Northwestern has been competitive in the past 30 years of college football, but for a very long time, the Wildcats were abysmal. They were one of the worst teams in college football in the 1970s and 1980s. They were largely irrelevant for many decades in the Big Ten. USC fans who are at least 40 years old remember the 1996 …

CeeDee Lamb held another youth football camp Saturday. He again declined comment on his contract. “I’m not talking,” Lamb said, via Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News. It repeated what he told the team website 11 days ago after hosting his first camp. Lamb’s camp was in Arlington on Saturday, returning the Cowboys’ WR1 to DFW. He told the …

Jaboree Antoine has had an interesting recruitment process, to say the least. Antoine committed to LSU on Jan. 27 but then changed his decision just a few months later. On June 23, he decommitted from LSU and re-opened his recruitment. LSU was still in the running but they would have to fight against Miami and Florida State. Today, he committed …

Why McAfee believes 49ers, Chiefs are poised for Super Bowl rematch originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs have squared off in two of the last five Super Bowls, and one pundit believes you can expect a third matchup to conclude the 2024 NFL season. ESPN’s Pat McAfee confidently chose San Francisco and Kansas …

On one hand, it’s weird. It’s weird that Oklahoma fans would be so quick to say that they’re so much better off with Brent Venables and without Lincoln Riley. It’s weird because Riley made three College Football Playoff appearances, won four straight Big 12 championships as a head coach (six as a member of the Oklahoma staff), and generally kept …

Davante Adams recently said that if he were to be “reunited with anybody, it would be with Aaron” Rodgers. A few days later, Adams is dreaming of playing with Tom Brady for the first time. Adams didn’t let Shannon Sharpe finish his question about Brady unretiring to play for the Raiders when Adams enthusiastically said, “Hell, yes.” “Look, Tom know …

LSU was hoping it could bring Jaboree Antoine back into the fold after his recent decommitment, but the No. 1 cornerback in the state of Louisiana pledged to Miami on Saturday over the Tigers. Antoine ranks as the No. 71 player nationally and No. 2 player in the state, according to the 247Sports composite, and the 6-foot-1, 170-pound New Iberia …

Linebacker Shaquil Barrett dropped some bombshell news on the Miami Dolphins on Saturday, informing the team that he is retiring to spend more time with his family. The surprising development was first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Barrett, 31, explained on social media his decision to retire right before training camp begins. “It’s time for me to hang it up,” …

The Indiana Hoosiers take pride in their basketball. They don’t have a rich and lengthy history in college football. They have won the Big Ten championship exactly twice in more than 120 years of competitive football. That long run of futility at least makes it easier to identify the program’s greatest moment. The 1945 Indiana team went unbeaten and tied …

The Panthers added two more players to the active/physically unable to perform list Saturday. Rookie cornerback Chau Smith-Wade and veteran wide receiver Cam Sims can practice as soon as they pass a physical. The Panthers placed four players on the list Friday, with outside linebackers D.J. Wonnum and Amare Barno, offensive tackle Yosh Nijman and rookie receiver Jalen Corker all …

For a while, Notre Dame football was cruising on the recruiting trail, but recently things have not gone the Irish’s way. On Saturday afternoon, one of their biggest targets, Nevada wide receiver Derek Meadows, made his decision and it didn’t go Notre Dame’s way. The 6-foot, 5-inch and 200-pound prospect committed to LSU, another loss for the Irish at the …

All eyes are on Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love this season, with the 25-year-old in line for a new deal and the franchise aiming for its second playoff berth in the post-Aaron Rodgers era. Some are even referring to Love as the NFL’s “next great quarterback,” and former Super Bowl champion wideout Plaxico Burress explained why on a recent …

Wild Aiyuk stat highlights his importance to 49ers’ offense originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There is no understating what Brandon Aiyuk means to an electric 49ers offense. Even while the All-Pro wide receiver and San Francisco remain far apart in contract negotiations, with Aiyuk reportedly requesting a trade Tuesday, the 49ers and their fans know the rising fifth-year …

The Purdue Boilermakers do not have many great football moments in what has largely been a snake-bitten Big Ten gridiron history. That reality — that Purdue doesn’t have a whole lot of shining moments to point to — makes it easier to identify the best moment the Boilermakers have ever enjoyed on a football field. It came against USC. The …

Dallas Cowboys stars Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb are each one year away from free agency, while standout linebacker Micah Parsons is now extension-eligible.  There’s an intense juggling act going on in Dallas’ front office, according to the team’s chief operating officer, Stephen Jones.  “Those things take time,” he said. “You know when you’re talking about CeeDee and … somebody …